Word: protesting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...production error, a December 6 story on page three entitled "UMass Students Protest Anti-CIA Rally" was mistakenly accompanied by an irrelevant photo. The photo of protesters at a Harvard rally against British Opposition Leader Neil Kinnock should not have been placed alongside the UMass story...
...FACT, these methods are the tools of all political protest. Divestment activists hope to convince companies that it is not in their economic interest to remain in South Africa. In the process, perhaps they also can change the opinions of the companies' stockholders, can convince them that it is morally unacceptable to do business there. Recognition of this possibility is recognition that the market is not composed simply of supply and demand curves, but of people with political beliefs, beliefs that can be changed...
...same is true of advertising. If protest is mounted, advertisers will recognize that it is not good business to portray women in a degrading fashion. With a little luck, they may start to develop attitudes that would prevent them from doing so in the first place...
Organizer Christopher D. Davidson '90 said he hoped the protest would show that Harvard students are interested in the outside world. "People say the youth of today don't care what's going on and just want a lovely suburban life. That's not true," Davidson said...
Last night's protest was not affiliated with any organization, organizer Lukan A. Way '90 said. Candles were donated by the Christ Church, he said...